Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

10 & 11 Vict. c. 27 · Enacted 11 May 1847 · Extends to United Kingdom

Contents

1. 1Extent of Act.
2. Interpretations in this Act
3. 2Section 2
4. 3Interpretations in this and the special Act.
5. 3AInterpretation: the Crown Estate and Scotland
6. Citing the Act
7. 4Short title of this Act.
8. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
9. Construction of harbour, dock, or pier
10. 6Construction of harbour, dock, or pier, to be subject to the provisions of this Act and one of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts.
11. 7Errors and omissions in plans, &c. may be corrected by justices, &c. who shall certify the same.
12. 8Works not to be proceeded with until plans of all alterations authorized by Parliament have been deposited.
13. 9Clerks of the peace, &c. to receive plans of alterations, and allow inspection.
14. 10Copies of plans, &c. to be evidence.
15. 11No deviation beyond the limits defined upon plans.
16. 12†Works on the shore of the sea, &c. not to be constructed without the authority of the Commissioners of Woods, &c. and of the Admiralty.
17. 13†Before alterations in plans are executed, to be approved of by the Admiralty and the Commissioners of Woods, &c.
18. Accommodation for custom house officers
19. 14Undertakers to erect watch-house and boat-house for custom house officers, and keep the same in repair.
20. 15Penalty on undertakers neglecting to repair watch-house, &c.
21. Life-boats
22. 16Life-boats, &c. to be provided by undertakers.
23. 17Penalty for not providing life-boat, &c.
24. Tide gauge, &c.
25. 18A self-registering tide gauge and barometer to be provided by undertakers.
26. 19Penalty for not providing tide gauge, &c.
27. Warehouses and cranes
28. 20Power to purchase additional land required for extraordinary purposes.
29. 21Power to construct warehouses and other works.
30. 22Undertakers to hire persons to work cranes.
31. 23Power to lease wharfs, warehouses, &c.
32. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
33. Rates
34. 25Rates not to be taken until the works shall be completed.
35. 26Certificate of magistrate to be evidence that the harbour &c. is completed.
36. 27Tonnage of British registered vessels to be ascertained according to law; of other vessels according to established rules.
37. 28Exemption of vessels in her Majesty’s service, &c. from rates.
38. 29Vessels returning from stress of weather not to pay rates again.
39. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
40. 31As to the rates on foreign vessels where treaties of reciprocity exist.
41. 32Power to compound for tolls payable in respect of passenger or pleasure vessels.
42. 33Harbour, dock, and pier free to the public on payment of rate.
43. Collection of rates
44. 34Collector may enter vessels to ascertain rates payable.
45. 35Master to report arrival of vessel.
46. 36Master of vessel to produce certificate of registry.
47. 37Masters of vessels to give accounts of goods intended to be unshipped within the limits, &c.
48. 38Penalty on masters giving no account, or a false account, of goods to be unshipped.
49. 39Shippers to give an account of goods intended to be shipped.
50. 40In case of dispute between collector and master, &c. goods to be weighed or measured.
51. 41As to the expences of weighing or measuring goods.
52. 42Rates on goods when payable.
53. 43Penalty on evading payment of rates.
54. 44Recovery of tonnage rates by distraint of ship and tackle.
55. 45Recovery of rates on goods.
56. 46Disputes concerning rates or charges occasioned by distress to be settled by a justice in England or Ireland, and in Scotland by the sheriff.
57. 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
58. 48Collector of customs may withhold a clearance to any vessel until the rates paid.
59. Account of rates
60. 49Undertakers to keep account of rates and vessels, &c.
61. 50Annual account to be prepared and transmitted to the clerk of the peace in England or Ireland, or to the sheriff in Scotland.
62. Harbour, dock, and pier master
63. 51Appointment of harbour, dock, or pier master.
64. 52Powers of harbour, dock, or pier master.
65. 53Penalty on shipmasters not complying with directions of the harbour master.
66. 54Penalty on harbour master for misbehaviour.
67. 55Penalty on offering bribes to dock officers, and on officers taking bribes.
68. 56Harbour master may remove wrecks, &c.
69. 57Unserviceable vessels to be altogether removed from harbour.
70. 58Harbour master may remove vessels within docks, &c.
71. 59Vessels entering harbour or dock to be dismantled as harbour master shall direct.
72. 60Vessels to have their sails lowered when entering and navigating dock.
73. 61Vessels to have hawsers, &c. fixed to moorings.
74. 62Penalty for wilfully cutting moorings.
75. 63Penalty on vessels lying near the entrance of harbour or dock without permission.
76. 64Vessels may be removed for the purpose of repairing harbour or dock.
77. 65Harbour master may remove such vessel if the master thereof neglect or refuse so to do.
78. Discharge of cargoes and removal of goods
79. 66Delivery of cargoes and placing of discharged vessels.
80. 67Penalty on wharfingers giving undue preference.
81. 68Goods may be removed from the quays, &c. after lying there longer than allowed by byelaws.
82. Protection of the harbour, dock, and pier
83. 69Combustible matter on quays, &c., to be removed.
84. 70Combustibles to be guarded during the night.
85. 71Penalties against offences herein named:
86. 72Power to enter ship and search for and extinguish fires or lights.
87. 73Penalty for throwing ballast, &c., into harbour or dock.
88. 74Owner of vessel answerable for damage to works.
89. 75As to the recovery of amount of damage to quays, &c.
90. 76Owner may recover damage from his servants.
91. Lighthouses, beacons, and buoys
92. 77Power to erect lighthouses and lay down buoys, with consent of Trinity House.
93. 78Lights, beacons, or sea-marks not to be exhibited or altered without sanction of Trinity House
94. Harbour and dock police
95. 79Justices to appoint special constables named by the undertakers.
96. 80Dismissal of constables.
97. Meters and weighers
98. 81Power to appoint meters and weighers.
99. 82Licensed meters and weighers only to be employed.
100. Byelaws
101. 83Byelaws may be made for all or any of the purposes herein named.
102. 84Byelaws may be enforced by imposition of penalties.
103. 85No byelaws to come into operation until allowed in the manner prescribed, and approved by one of the judges.
104. 86Notice of allowance of byelaws to be given in one or more newspapers.
105. 87A copy of proposed byelaws to be open to inspection.
106. 88Publication of byelaws.
107. 89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
108. 90Proof of publication of byelaws.
109. 91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
110. Recovery of damages and penalties
111. 92Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, as to damages, &c. to be incorporated with this and the special Act.
112. 93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
113. 94All things required to be done by two justices in England and Ireland may, in certain cases, be done by one, and in Scotland by the sheriff, &c.
114. 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
115. 96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
116. Access to special Act
117. 97Copies of special Act to be kept by undertakers at their office, and deposited with the clerks of the peace, &c., and be open to inspection.
118. 98Penalty on undertakers failing to keep or deposit such copies.
119. Saving of rights
120. 99Nothing in this or the special Act to affect the rights of the crown;
121. 100nor the rights of the crown as to revenue, &c.;
122. 101nor the rights of the City of London;
123. 102nor the rights of Trinity House, &c.
124. 103Act not to exempt the undertakers from the provisions of any general Act.
125. 104. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed